Here is your 2025 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all ... and it's already looking to be another incredible year for heavy music, no matter what you're into.

The 50 Best Metal Albums of the 2000s (2000-2009) The 2000s was an incredibly strong decade for heavy metal of all subgenres, new and old. Here are the 50 best albums from that beloved era.

Heavy metal, as a genre, has become woefully misunderstood and underappreciated in recent years, as its dozens of subgenres ...

The term “metal” is believed to have come from the hippie movement, when “heavy” meant deep or serious. Metal music revolves around a few key components: heavily distorted guitar riffs and ...

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